Job overview

An opportunity has arisen for a Senior Assistant Psychologist to join the team. We are a passionate multidisciplinary team delivering NICE recommended treatments, aiming to provide the best possible care to adults living with eating disorders. 

In this senior assistant psychologist role, you will hold a clinical workload of CBT-Ten for eating disorder and assessments. You will be supervised by a psychologist/psychological therapist in the team, in addition to receiving highly specialised CBT-T group supervision. 

Covering the whole of Sussex, SEDS provides specialist eating disorder services across a large geographical area, including Coastal West Sussex, North West Sussex, Brighton and East Sussex.  With the introduction of remote working, there is scope, where possible, to tailor your working pattern/location to the needs of both the service and you.

This is a chance for you to join an organisation which sets a high priority on the development of services in collaboration with experts through experience and carer’s, and to work with dedicated and supportive colleagues.

Main duties of the job

Key responsibilities of the role:

·       The post holder will offer specialist eating disorder assessments (under supervision)

·       You will hold a caseload delivering CBT-T, with the support of weekly highly specialised group CBT supervision from one the manual's authors.

·       You will contribute to the SEDS outcome and audit strategy.

Working for our organisation

We are committed to supporting staff well-being, developing new roles in teams, and have a thriving Recovery College. We have close links with the local universities and support the training schemes for clinical psychology and nursing, providing high quality placements.

The trust is committed to strong integrated, collaborative leadership between managers and clinicians. 

Your benefits:

·       Access to full psychological support, via our internal wellbeing team

·       Excellent supervision programmes, with ongoing opportunities for training and development

·       Access to a host of discount schemes

·       A position within a trust rated as ‘Outstanding’ for caring and ‘Good’ overall by the CQC

·       Excellent NHS Pension

·       Generous holiday entitlement (starting at 27 days + 8 bank holidays)

 About the Trust:

We provide mental health and learning disability care for children, young people, and adults across Sussex. SPFT is rated ‘good’ overall and ‘outstanding’ for caring by CQC. In our staff survey:

82% agree that care for patients is our top priority

·       70% highlight flexible working opportunities as key to satisfaction at work

·       79% report feeling able to make improvement to improve the work within their team

·       77% identify opportunities to show initiative in their roles